In Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle Over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall, author Anna Lvovsky examines the way that queer communities were policed in the 1930s through the 1960s.
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Anna Lvovsky is an assistant professor at Harvard Law School, where she teaches American legal history, the...
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| Published: | June 9, 2021 |
| Podcast: | ABA Journal: Modern Law Library |
| Category: | Diversity , Legal Entertainment |
A red tie. Manicured nails. Bleached hair. Loafers. The width of a person’s hips. These are just a few of the things cited by vice patrol cops as indicators of someone’s sexual preferences in the 1930s through the 1960s. In Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle Over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall, author Anna Lvovsky examines the way that queer communities were policed in the 1930s through the 1960s.
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